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NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #298

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 36 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Bankrate

Survey: 89% of American workforce prefer 4-day workweeks, remote work or hybrid work

An overwhelming majority (89 percent) of the U.S. adult workforce, defined as those who work full-time or are seeking …

Helsinki Times

Finland ranks second in Europe for remote work prevalence - or fifth by another measure

In 2022, Finland emerged as the fifth highest country in Europe for the prevalence of remote work, considering the proportion …

Harvard Business Review

How Opinions About Hybrid Work Differ Around the Globe

A key reason for these ongoing debates is differing perspectives on how to prioritize necessary trade-offs. While we’ve …

interviewing.io

How to sabotage your salary negotiations efforts before you even start

These are the two things you must avoid. Both involve how you talk to recruiters at the start of your job search, way before …

MarketWatch

Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller draws a line between moon landing and remote work

Shiller, a professor of economics at Yale University, predicts a ‘revolution’ by workers over remote work.

Investopedia

Remote Work is Here to Stay, And Employers Aren't Happy About It

Remote work is here to stay, whether employers like it or not—and, for the most part, they don’t.

Insider

Return-to-office orders look like a way for elite, work-obsessed CEOs to grab power back from employees

Blue-chip companies including Goldman Sachs, Meta, and Zoom are pushing, with varying degrees of severity, for employees to …

The Wall Street Journal

This Company Created a Return-to-Office Plan That Employees Actually Like

J.M. Smucker is ordering workers to be at its Ohio headquarters for 22 ‘core’ weeks. It is a strategy that may …

ABC News

What is skiplagging? The travel hack long hated by airlines is now the subject of a big lawsuit

The practice goes by a few different names, including skiplagging or hidden-city flying. Passengers disembark at their …

One from Nippon

A peek into Japan's Hot Springs

Could a nation’s bathing culture be influenced by its geology? Till I started researching for this post, this …

Insider

Dirty downside of 'return to office'

Push to end work-from-home could make climate crisis worse.

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #298

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 36 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Reddit

I come here to beg you to give your shitty, lying airbnb hosts one star reviews

So please:

If a property turns out to be much smaller than it appeared to be in the photos one star!.

If there isn’t …

Fortune

Most bosses regret how they mandated workers return to the office. They blamed it on not having enough data

Why aren’t workers particularly appreciating—much less adhering to—return-to-office mandates? Probably because adults …

PsyPost

New research validates "bullshit jobs" theory: A significant slice of the U.S. workforce believes their jobs have no purpose

The theory of “bullshit jobs” was substantiated by a recent study where 19% of employees felt their jobs were …

Fast Company

Psychologists have finally figured out why your toxic colleagues climb to the top at work

Got a toxic coworker? You’re not alone: Google lists 231 million pages on the topic.

Now researchers from the …

Computerworld

The future of work is AI-enhanced and remote

Two of the biggest unresolved questions in business this year are whether remote work is here to stay and how AI will affect …

Andrew Chen

The Next Next Job, a framework for making big career decisions

Here’s my favorite question to ask:

“What do you want to be your next next job? And why can’t you get it …

Harvard Business Review

The Radical Promise of Truly Flexible Work

Organizations designed to support neurodivergent and disabled employees demonstrate how work can “fit” people — …

Forbes

The War Over Work From Home: The Data CEOs And Workers Need To Know

Many of America’s big bosses want their employees back in the office ASAP, arguing that sharing a physical workplace …

CNBC

80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: 'A lot of executives have egg on their faces'

After three years of haphazard plans for getting workers back at their desks, the return-to-office movement has entered a …

The Guardian

Amazon starting to track and penalize workers who work from home too much

Notice sent to employees who were not in office at least three times a week, after other tech firms’ efforts to get …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #298

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 36 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

The Japan Times

Flexible work will survive despite gloomy corporate signals

WeWork’s future is in doubt. And Zoom Video Communications, the pandemic poster child of remote work, just told its …

Boston Globe

In a 'work-from-anywhere' world, where are people working?

People are parking their laptops at rock climbing gyms, breweries, and arcades, rethinking what can constitute an office in a …

CNBC

Luxury NYC buildings woo residents with coworking spaces as remote work lingers

Apartment developers are building out private offices, conference rooms and even podcasting booths to capitalize on a …

The Economist

The U-bend of life

Why, beyond middle age, people get happier as they get older.

Insider

The remote work revolution is crashing into a cold reality: Research is finding workers are less productive at home

Working remotely has its advantages, but there’s growing evidence to support what many managers have long suspected: …